The "big win" and resistance to extinction when gambling

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 495-504

  Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^a   Sauter, John M ^a   King, Brent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big win; Expectancy; Extinction; Gambling

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944256031     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.138.6.495-504     Document Type: Article

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